Thomas County cat., 1887-03-24

| Horse racing is the great excitement in
Colby Saturdays.
Colby is to have large library. The
people demand it.
Ye editor has gone to Kansas City this
week on business.
Twenty prairie schooners went through
Colby Saturday last.
We are glad to see Ed Case able to be
on the streets again.
]. F. Harris and Mr. Ames, of Norton,
took in Colby this week.
DR.. L. Banes was in the city this week
from Randall township.
A. J. Senter and H. E. Weld went to
Burlington, Col, this week.
Many investments in Colby lots and
lands in Thomas county this week.
J.W. Steele. of Wells. Neb., brother
in-law of ]. w. Plaster, is visiting him.
Presbyterian services in the court
house next Sabbath, 9th, at II a. m. and
745 p m.
G. w. GoOdsoe is making loans on
chattel and farm property at lowest
rates.
Sims. manager of the Red Bud ranch,
six miles northwest of Colby, wants to
buy good fresh COW.
The railroad contracts can be assigned
after cultivation has been done on land
bought.
At least fifty teams can be seen any
day hitched on the streets of Colby. This
shows how the trade is.
Lynde Bros. won the horse race last
Saturday. They have three year old
colt that they put against the county.
1t looks now as though the suppressed
scandal would be ventilated before long.
1t will be rich, rare and racy.
/ H. Atkinson. of jackson, Decatur
county. Kan. made us an agreeable call
Tuesday of this week.
McGonigal has an imported pure bred
Polled Angus bull at the Red Bud ranch
six miles northwest of Colby.
Every implement firm in Colby is sell
ing breaking plows at an astonishing
fast rate. This shows what the farmers
are doing.
Harry Meyer has moved into his new
shop just west of his old stand. He is
full of work and does his work in very
satisfactory manner.
| Diffendafer s. Lee have received car
Wind Mills and are expecting their third
| COR lOoA Of ;rnn1amonfS 70 fhiS vUook
An election will be held at Oakley,
March 31st. 1887, for the purpose of vOt-
ing 81, 600 bonds for building school
house in Oakley. This is surely move
in the right way.
Who was it that gave one-half gallon
of alcohol to a Thomas county farmer
for his interest in certain fascinating
young Miss? The liquor was for scien-
tific or experimental purposes no doubt.
L. A. Lewis is at work on Hon. w. H.
Marbles residence. The new blinds and
balcony and other new additions render
it one of the most attractive and cOmmO-
dious residences in Colby.
If you want cheap wind mill call on
Diffendafer & Lee, one block west of
Newell House. They are selling solid
wheel for $65 and warranted to equal
any solid wheel mill in the market.
Jas. S. Warden, the heaviest owner in
| Colby property and who owns half in
terest in Russell Springs. Logan county,
is now stopping at Colby and doing all
he can to boom this city. He is very
progressive and Colby is grateful for his
interest in her future.
Newspaper bustles are now made of
back numbers. 1t crushes all the glory
out of the profession, and were it not
that an editor can feel that he has not
only frightened q woman's mind, but i'm
proved her shape, he might throw up the
| spongue in disgust and retire from this
world of hustle and deceptiOn.-Ex.
Mr.. AL Casey, who has been employed
in this Office for some weeks past as COM
positor, left Monday for Colby, Kansas,
where he takes a position in one of the
newspaper Offices He is a steady. capa-
BILE young man and we hope he may pros
per in all his neutrality-suspicious.
World.
Dear subscriber, we have wife, four |
teen children, q hired girl, our mother |
, in-law and printer to support, beside |
running this paper, SO won't you take |
pity on orphan and if you are in arrears !
for your paper for six months, or more, |
pay up and help US out little?-Ex.
Leoti was declared the permanent |
county seat of Wichita county at the |
late election. Coronado invoked the leg |
islature and got law of legislation pass |
ed just in time to put of one election in |
Wichita county but it was of no avail to |
the people of Leoti. The late tragedy at |
Coronado helped Leoti not little.
There is to be formed G.. A. r. Ii |
brary association in Thomas county, To-
eating the library in the G. A. r. brick |
building that is nearing completion. The |
plans are not fully matured but it is |
meeting success. It viii probably be q
stock company composed of G. A. r. |
men and others. It will be one in which
all can take an interest in and favor.